page_title: Dürnten
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Dürnten / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Dürnten, Kanton Zürich Esperanto: Rigardo al la komunumo Dürnten en la distrikto Hinwil, Kantono Zuriko, Svislando.
context_page_description: Dürnten is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Dürnten has an area of 10.2 km² (3.9 sq mi).  Of this area, 60.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 21.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).  In 1996 housing and buildings made up 13.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.4%).  Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.8% of the area.  As of 2007 15.4% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.
  The Jona river flows through the municipality.  It is located in the south-west side of Bachtel mountain.  It includes the villages of Dürnten, Oberdürnten and Tann.
caption: Dürnten village and church
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